Tech Giants Rally Today in Support of Net Neutrality

Technology giants like Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, Facebook, Google, Twitter and many othersare rallying today in a so-called “day of action” in support of net neutrality, five days ahead of the first deadline for comments on the US Federal Communications Commission’s planned rollback of the rules.

In a move that’s equal parts infuriating and exasperating, Ajit Pai, the FCC’s new chairman appointed by President Trump, wants to scrap the open internet protections installed in 2015 under the Obama administration. Those consumer protections mean providers such as AT&T, Charter, Comcast, and Verizon are prevented from blocking or slowing down access to the web.

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The protest is to protect Title II of Communications Act that prohibits ISPs from throttling or blocking lawful Internet content and to stop paid prioritization (i.e. so-called 'fast lanes' sold to websites that would unfairly pay for faster access to consumers). The support of Google, Facebook, Amazon, PureVPN, Twitter, Reddit, and others might pull off the repeal on the first comment of 17th July.